The epic 17th stage of the Tour was the miracle mountain stage where Landis roared back into contention following a horrible performance the day before.
Mr Thompson called his brother a very fit man who took part in the Etape De Tour, which is a stage of the Tour de France which is ridden by non-professional riders, every year and was "always cycling and in the gym".
"To be ruled out of the tour at this stage with just two matches left is devastating, " Byrne said.
Goss was second overall in the Tour Down Under and also took stage wins in the Tour of Oman and Paris-Nice.
Undoubtedly their best moment of the tour came on stage 10 when Patrice Halgand broke from the back for a stage win.
One of the great American racers of all time, a Tour de France stage winner and Olympian, Davis's day is often met by frustrating physical challenges.
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In all, 22 teams of nine riders will take part in this year's 20-stage Tour that starts on 5 July in Paris and ends on the Champs Elysees on 27 July.
However I have given this a lot of thought over a long period of time, and personally do not believe the situation in Zimbabwe is such that I can tour at this stage.
Meanwhile, in Westminster Hall there are a series of debates led by backbench MPs - topping the bill one on Yorkshire and the Tour de France, as the Conservative MP Julian Smith leads a show of political support for the decision to stage the Tour's Grand Depart in Yorkshire in 2014 (it often stages part of the race outside France).
Ms. Twain has taken back much of the memorabilia that she donated, including a tour bus and a concert stage.
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The opening stage of the Tour is usually a five or six kilometre event, which results in very small gaps in the standings between the riders.
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He also played his way into the final stage at the Tour's qualifying school earlier this month and came away with partial status on the Nationwide Tour for 2012.
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London has already hosted a stage of the Tour de France and an NFL game at Wembley, and will host the world gymnastics championships and the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup.
Sarah Colwell, manager of the volunteer centre, said the council planned to run events before, during and after the third UK stage of the Tour, which comes to the city on 7 July.
When the American champion Lance Armstrong condescendingly, Mr Pantani thought allowed him to win the Mont Ventoux stage of the Tour in 2000, he was so angry that he made Mr Armstrong chase him through the peaks for the next two days.
But five years later he died on Mont Ventoux on the 13th stage of the Tour -- the victim of heat exhaustion and a deadly cocktail of drugs and alcohol --- in a doomed and tragic bid for cycling's ultimate prize.
The first band on stage during the tour, The Mull Historical Society - who are also signed to Rough Trade - should not be ignored, and could be in line for the British rock throne currently occupied by Travis and the Stereophonics.
The Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway will host the opening stage of the 2013 Tour of Britain cycle race.
Meanwhile, rookie Russel Henley took a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii.
Classic sitcom Rising Damp is to return on stage for a UK tour directed by one of its original TV stars.
Promoters from SFX Entertainment told Reuters the Drowned World tour would be the most extravagant stage spectacle of the singer's 17-year career.
Pop star Justin Bieber has been released from hospital and given the green light to resume his tour after suffering breathing problems on stage.
It ensured huge crowds along the route of the Tour of Britain's third stage - the only one in Scotland - from Jedburgh to Dumfries.
Up to 4, 000 amateur cyclists will be able to ride the second stage ahead of the Tour in a special 'Tour Ride' in Somerset on Sunday, 2 September.
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He won stage five of the Tour de France, won two stages in the Dauphine Libere, was third in the Milan-san Remo and won a track gold at the Olympics.
The third stage involved tackling a hilly 21km (13-mile) circuit three times and Cavendish, a 15-time stage winner in the Tour de France, trailed in 12 minutes behind winner Rabobank's Michael Matthews of Australia.
After crashing on his head during the seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France, American Chris Horner was seen on video asking team officials where he was and if he had finished the race.
Contador will compete for his new Saxo Bank team in the Tour of Algarve, a five-stage race through southern Portugal.
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Nearly 100 riders in 16 teams will make up the field for this year's event, which is a stage longer than the 2006 Tour.
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"I would have liked to win but I was 31 seconds short in the end, " said Ullrich, who won Monday's time trial for his first stage victory on his home Tour.
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